The chart indicates the portion of households possessing various goods in a particular country in Europe between 2004 and 2008.
Overall, the ownership of telephone declined after 4 years, while the opposite was true of that of the remaining categories with their figures increasing by varying degrees. Moreover, there are stark contrasts between the rate of owning of television and dishwasher, with the highest proportion for the former and lowest one for the latter in four years.
The figures for television, microware, CD player, clothes dryer, and dishwasher slightly increased after the period. In 2004, percentage of television was about 90% then went up to nearly 95% in 2008. Similarly, the portions of microwave and CD player, about 65% and 70 %, respectively, were approximate in 2004, then these data grew to about 70% and 78%, in that order. Likewise, clothes dryer constituted nearly 55% in 2004, then it climbed to 60% in last year. The same trend also can be seen from the figure for dishwasher, which increased from roughly 15% to about 20% after four years.
Mobile phone and home computer witnessed tremendous rises in their statistics after surveyed time. The figure for mobile phone stood at about 25% in 2004, then surged to nearly 83% in final year. Similarly, soaring from roughly 25% to about 65% is which occurred in the data of thehome computer between 2004 and 2008.
The only category that experienced a decline in popularity was telephone. It was a small decrease in its figure, with the beginning at about 92% and ending at roughly 90%.